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BOOST FOR PLATTSMOUTH Baseball Grounds Are Now in Good Shape for Practice and Good Material Handy BE A ROOTER AND A BOOSTER Get Into the Game According To Your Ability and Help line'er Out lor a Good Team. (From Thursday's Dally) Manager Brantncr with a force of men and teams has been putting in Bonie good work on the base ball grounds so that they will be ready for the work out this evening and all who expect to make a try for the team are expected to be on the grounds this evening. As fast as possible other improve' nicuts will be made, including a grand stand which w ill be placed in the cor uer immediately back of the home base, while the bleechers will bo left in the same position they formerly occupied. A wire screen will be crcted in front of the grand stand am will run front the stand in front of the bleechers out to several feet be yond third base and connect with the fence so that the crowd cannot get out on the field and intercfere with the players. Buck from the first base line a fence will be erected, behind which there will be a place for automobiles far euough away so that there will be no possible chance for interference. Per mission has been received from proji erty owners around the grounds not inclosed by a fence to erect signs warning people from trespassing and special police will be placed there to sec that there is no trespassing Everybody who desires to sec the game will bo expected to pay for the privi lege and the dead head list w ill be confined to as small a bunch as pos sible. It is the intention to make base bal in Plattsmouth this season such that it will be a credit to the city and the management will ask the hearty co-operation of everyone interested in the game to make it so. A goo base ball club is a good advertisement for the business interests of the town Tomorrow the executive committee will call on the business men for the purpose of asking financial aid in get i' 11 i ung inc ciuo started, it you are interested in seeing Plattsmouth have a club that will not have to take the little end of the games when in com petition with other towns around us make such subscription as you fee that you can afford to assist in the work. If you feel that you cannot afford to give very much, give what you can and it will be appreciated by the management. A correct account will be kept of all monies received and disbursed ant a report made at public meeting hel each month, and the books will be open to the public at any time a sub scriber feels that he would like to know how his monev is being used. The executive committee, officers and man ager arc all busy businessmen of the city who are giving their time 10 seeing the club get a good start, the players are giving their time and effort to the good cause, and the citizens of the city are asked to give what they can both in money and attendance to the success of the club. At the end of the season, after all bills are paid, the money remaining will be divided among the players according to the number of games they have participated in. The question for you to decide now is will you get into the game with your assistance and g od will and boost for the Plattsmouth Base Pall Association and a winning team MR. MURPHY CAN'T PAY KLING'S FINE Decision ol Base Ball Commission Puts It Up to Kllng. The. National Commission, which reinstated Catcher John Kling of the Chicago Cubs, tacked on n stipulation that Kling must pay his own fine and that ho must stay with the Cubs one year before he can be disposed of. Tho fine is said to be $700. Tho Chi cago management must also explain why they tendered Kling a contract after he had been made ineligible. SEASON'S FRUIT CROP NOT RUINED BY FROST Big Colorado Blizzard Misses This Section With little Harm to Vegetation (From Thursday's Daily) Pliittsnioutu nas figured m Us , share of good luck in the last two days by missing the cold wave and snow storms that have been sweeping through Colorado, Wyoming and Wes- crn Nebraska. The lug bhzzp.nl which did so much damage to the telegraph Hues and train service- seems to have nearly died out and what was left of it passed more to the north through Minnesota so the only ef fects of it that were felt here were a w chilly breezes from the snow bound region. Most of the wires ore btill down between hero and tho western points and the mercury out there has not crawled very far out of the bulb for the last three days. At Deadwood, S. D., the thermonmctcr stood at fifteen degrees last night and the ground w as heavily covered with snow. At Denver there was a snow fall of six inches. The farthest east that the storm was felt in Nebraska was at Cody, where tho five inches of snow was drifted into tho railroad cuts to the height of five or six feet, making travel for some time impossible It is thought in the west and around Plattsmouth that the storm is not going to effect the fruit as seriously as many people expect. In the wes tern part of Nebraska it is claimed that more snow and wind did not de stroy the budding trees, and that as long as it remains cloudy there will be no frost. The temperature in most points in the state has not been below 21 or L'5. The fruit men that were inter viewed by the News today do not seem to be alarmed over the condition of the buds. "Of course" one of them stated, "There were bound to be a few blossoms killed but I don't think my trees were badly hurt." The plums and the peaches were only ones out far enough to be nipped by the frost hist night but the dry condition of the vegetation seemed to prevent them from suffering se verely. If we had had the rain that was expected Tuesday, the condition of the trees today would have been much more seiious. The tcmpeiature late list night was only 42 but by cm ly morning it had crawled down to 2i) which was the lowest reported by a regulation ther mometer. The moisture from the heavy snows of the winter has all been absorbed and the fanners say the ground is now drying out rapidly and is very badly in need of rain before it can be fit to work for the spring crops. LIVELY RUNAWAY CLOSE TO MYNARD Alter Putting Driver Into Ditch Horses Ran Three Miles Belore Caught. (From Thursday's Dally) A lively runaway happened last night near Mynard when three young men of that locality started for some religious services at the town with a spirited team of horses. John Long two of the Speck boys and Guy Mur ray were in the buggy at the time and as they approached Adam's hill the horses suddenly shied to the side of the road, throwing ihe occupants out into the ditch. The team by this time became greatly excited and started at a break neck speed toward Mynard. As they passed through tho town William and Wayne Propst saw them, and jumping on their horses, started in pur suit of tho runaways. After follow ing them for over two miles, they came up with them at Cook's place and by one boy going on each side of the gal loping horses, they raced them for a half mile before they managed to get gold of the check reins and with some difficulty brought tho worn out animates to a stop. The horses wero finally quietd with out being injured but the buggy was badly damaged and the seat and body were smashed in many places. The young men who landed in tho ditch were none tho worse for their jarring up and they started out to look for their team in the direction where a fail lady friend of one of them lived. The horses were very familiar with that road and had often traveled it but they were not out for a social evening hist night so they took another road through Mynard, which threw the owners decidedly off tho trail. The fellows were luter notified by tele phone that the team had been caught and they managed to get to the lay men's meeting in time to hear the " 1 "Amen" of the last prayer. BURNED TO DEATH IN PRAIRIE FIRE IN HILLS Four Persons Said to Have Lost Their Lives in a Fierce Fire in McPherson County. COUNTY TREASURER OF COUNTY ONE OF THE FIRE VICTIMS Mnch Property Destroyed and Families Are in The prairie fires which have been raging in McPherson and Lincoln counties are now probably out, as a heavy rain fell in the. western part of tho county last night and probably where the fire was elsewhere, al though no rain fell in North Platte. The prairie fires south of North Platte was the most disastrous ever known according to reports which have now been received. Many -people lost their homes, stock, improve ments and the range. The wind was scmething terrific. The fire was un dcubtedly set by a Burlington engine near Dickens, Neb., and it is reported that a representative of the Burling ton railway will hold a meeting with the people who have lost by the tire. The fire to the north in McPherson county was probably not as disastrous MISSING TIMEPIECE RETURNED TODAY Watch that Disappeared at Mynard i Found This Morning by Owner In Town. (From Thursday's Dally) The misterious disapperance of a watch from the home of It. L. Propst in Mynard some time ago culmin ated in a little, throe cornered wrangle on the streets today between the sheriff, Mr. Propst and Mr. Stewart, and now the time piece again reposes in the pocket of the Mynard resident. The last time that Mr. Propst rc-J members seeing the ticker was on Feb. 20 when he placed it on a bureau at his home. A couple of weeks ago he happened to pick up a paper and notice where a watch had been found tile description seeming very much like his. Mr. Propst at that time was not aware that his "Ingersoll" was not where hp had placed it a month ago, but just to satisfy his curiosity, he went to the bureau to investigate and found it to be missing. A few days later he saw the man who had advertised it, and Mr. Propst claimed the "'turnip' but the possessor refused to turn it over until he had re ceived five dollars for the advertise ment and his trouble. This the owner refused to pay and he came into town this morning to take steps -o recover it. The man was easily locaied and after a warm conflab the watch was turned over to the owner without any black eyes or disfigured countenances resulting. The watch was quite a valuable time piece, and it was highly valued by the owner for it was given him by his mother some years ago and has her name engraved on the case. How it got out of it's place and strolled down the road nearly a mile nobody has explained but it was said to have been found in the road some distance from the Propst place. To Mr. Bock's Funeral. Theodore Starkjohn, Conrad Meis inger, Philip Thierolf, and John Bauer Sr., left this morning to attend the funeral of Mrs. John Bock who lived near Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Bock was one of the old settlers of the county having resided in this vicinity for nearly forty years. She died at the homo of her daughter Mrs. Henry Wolf at Avoca last Mon day morning, her death being due to heart failure. The funeral services were held this afternoon from the Ger man church at Eight Mile Grove. The deceased leaves her husband and a number of grown children, in cluding Julius Bock of Wyoming, Mrs. John Hilt of Mt. Pleasant, Mrs. Ed Enklemeier, Mrs. William Hunter of this city, Mrs. Henry Wolf of Avoca and a sister in this city, Mrs. ltice A party of four Plattsmouth people went to attend the Laymens meeting and banquet at Mynard last evening. The members of the crowd were Miss Hazel Tuey, Don York, Cliff Wescott and P. A. Barrows. Mr. York ren dered a pleasing vocal solo with Miss Tuey as accompanist and delightful addresses were made during the even ing by Mr. Wescott and Mr. Barrows. More Than Two Hundred Need of Help. to property, but it is reported that three children were burned to death and reports have also been received here today that C. T. Cline, the county treasurer of McPherson county, lost his life in the fire. It is said that he was busy in his office and did not no tice the coining fire until it was near. He then started for his home and was surrounded by the flames which set fire to his clothing. Whether or not it is true that the three children were burned to death is not certain. It is said that a camper upon the forks of the Birwood started the fire. An appeal has been made to the governor of the state for the 200 fain ;i? i i ii t uies wnica nave necn mane Homeless and have lost all their possessions The loss is estimated at over a million dollars. STRICT NEW ENGLISH LAW Grir.s of Clown and Acrobat's Contor tions May Be Copyrighted In the Future. "All grimaces In Mr. So-and-So's performances are copyrighted." This notice on the Program may greet the eye of a spectator of the har lequinade of the future If effect is given to the recommendations of the committee to consider the law of copy right, which has just concluded ltd sittings, says an English exchange. For In Its report just published ap pears the recommendation that the protection of copyright should be ex tended to "entertainments In dumb show," and these Mr. Scrutton, K. C, a dissenting member of the committee, points out, must necessarily Include facial expressions. But the clown will not be the only one to benefit. The contortionist who tleB himself In a novel knot, the gym nast who invents some new feat, may equally copyright them, for their en tertainments may be "entertainments In dumb show." Verbal contortionists, too, will have their need of protection, for the com mittee recommends that authors of lectures, speeches and sermons should have the sole right of delivering them,' though newspapers may report them unless notice prohibiting publication is given at the time of delivery. No longer will the author of a mu sical work groan at the thought of lost royalties when he hears his master piece ground out on a barrel organ, for he Is to have the sole right of au thorizing its "adaptation to instru ments which can produce them me chanically." And the artist who sees his picture reproduced by a cinematograph may be tempted to overlook the absence of some of Its finer shades In reckon ing the profits of the performance. For, so the committee recommends, authors of literary, scientific or artis tic works are to have the exclusive right of authorizing the reproduction and public presentation of their works. Palestine and California. That the soil possibilities of Pales tine and California are much the same is quite a revelation. Prof. A. Aaron sohn of Haifa, Palestine, has pointed out that each region has a range of low mountains near the coast, and be yond this a long Interior valley with a range of higher mountains for the eastern wall, and, as the prevailing winds have the same direction, the distribution of rainfall corresponds closely. It is found that the very sim ilar climatic and topographic condi tions have produced similar plants. The languishing of agriculture in Pal estlne seems to be a result of poor government, not of Bterlle soil and arid climate, and it is believed that under better management the econom ic plants that flourish in Callforlna will be successfully introduced. Among the plants discovered in Pal estine is a wheat, growing wild in high altitudes on sterile soil, that is considered the prototype of our cul tivated varieties. Tommy's Excuse. .. "Tomniy," exclaimed his mother as she caught him red-handed In the pan try, "what ore you doing In my jam pots?" "Didn't you say I could play detec tive, ma?" whimpered Tommy. "Yes, but what are you doing In my Jam pots?" "Making some thumb impressions, at'i all, ma; honest." FUNNY THINGS FOUND AT JAIL Big Empty Space above Celling ol Prison Room lor no Ap parent Purpose. (From Thursday's Daily) Some peculiar things came to light yesterday when the carpenters started to make some slight repairs in the old county jail building. The build ing is in a very dilapidated coitdition, rocking in the wind storms and trembling at the passing of trains, so it was decided to make a few tem porary repairs. Some large rods are being put through from one side to the other to strengthen the structure and a coat of cement is to be placed on the inside of the walla in the pris oner's rooms to take the place of the old wainscoting w hich nearly resembled punk in some places. When the wainscoting, which ex tended about six feet high around the room, was taken down a number of unknown conditions were made pub lic. In the south wall of the building below the sill of the east window.a hole nearly two feet square had been made in the inner wall of brick and it would not have taken five minutes work to knock out the outside brick and make a break in the wall large enough for any man to get through. It is not known when the work was done, but it must have been carried on with the greatest care and pre cision for not a trace of the missing brick could be found and the place was boarded up without any sign of it ever being removed. The lower part of the walls bear many marks of where prisoners made attempts of securing their liberty and it is said there is still an old saw under one corner of the door that was used by some men that made their escape about four years ago. The men on leaving left a message saying that the saw which they used in cutting through the wall, would be found in a crack in the floir. The saw was located but just fie egde of it pro truded and it was impossible to ex tract it and as the time wore on the saw settled and has now disappeared from sight. Lynch, the fellow who nearly es caped last Sunday, told the reporter yesterday, "It s a cinch to get through the wall any place, it only took me about ten minutes to cut that hole the other day." The old building, which was put up over twenty-five years ago, is of very peculiar construction and does not seem to have been a very good job of brick work. Between the ceil ing of the jail room and the floor of the living rooms above there is a space of four or five feet which does not seem to have l en left there for any any particular reason and is only used now and then by an inquisitive prisoner who is bent on doing a little exploring. One ef the city prisoners that was lodged in the jail last week made a little tour of the dark room gaining entrance to it by crawling on top of the prisoner's cage and forcing open a trap door which leads into the place. The men in the jail state that the place abounds with rats that play hide-and-seek and squeek around the place at nearly any time of day. It is cerrain that Cass county needs a new jail and if it expects to hold it's prisoners it will have to have one Carmen Friday Night. The William Grew Players of Om aha, with William Grew and Marie Pettes will appear at the Parmclc theater on Friday night, April 1 in a sumptuous scenic revival of the ever popular story of old Spain "Carmen" an adaption from the story of Prosper Merimce by Henry Hamilton "Their version of Carmen used on this occasion will be the one used by Olga Nethersole during her never to be forgotten engagement of ten years at Wallack's theater, New York City. The cast of "Carmen" calls for the entire acting force of the Grew Company, together with many extras. All the populur members of the company will be in tho company will be in tha cast including: Messrs. Grew, Bennett, Meharry, Ford, En- ders, Hetterick, Snyder, Fox, and the Misses Pettes, Spencer, Bowman, Clair and others. Special costumes and scenery are bein made for this production, and the engagement should prove one of the dramatic events of the season. , Free Test. The class in agriculture ef Bellevue College will test free of chime not to exceed a bushel of seed-corn for any farmer who will send m ii is corn lor that miinose. the com to be carefully and accurately tested, each ear scp- erately, n uelinito report will be made and cverv ear returned to the owner. Correspondence may be addressed to Prof. A. A. Taylor, Bellevue, Neb. TRIES TO KILL WIFE Richardson Co. Man Breaks Into Home of Wife and Attemps Murder GILBERT IRWIN THEN COMMITS SUICIDE Mrs. Irwin Terribly Beaten up But Will Probably Recover In Short Time. DAWSON, Neb., March 31. Gil-. bert Irwin a prominent farmer who lived ten miles south of Dawson, committed suicide by hangingabout midnight last night. Irwin had been acting queerly for some time past, and his wife had commenced proceedings for divorce. A division of the property has been agreed upon and for several weeks Ir win had been working for a neighbor ing farmer. Last night about 8 o'clock he returned to his home. After first cutting the telephone wires he gained entrance to the house which was occupied by his wife, two grown stepdaughters and an S-year-old stepson, by prying open a window with an ax. The occupants hearing the disturbance locked them selves in a bedroom. With the ax Irwin bioke open the door and tried to brain his wife. She grappled with the madman and in the desperate struggle . she was dragged into the yard and terribly beaten. In the meantime the little boy ran to a neighbor's for aid, and Irwin, lealizing that his capture was inevitable, fled and disappeared in the darkness. The sheriff was no tified and when he arrived he found the lifeless body of Irwin hanging in the barn by a line taken from a set of harness. County Coroner Wilson impahneled a jury this morning and held an in quest, a verdict of suicide while tem porarily insane being rendered. Ir win had lived in the neighborhood for a number of years and had borne an excellent reputation as a citizen and a husband until about three months aro, when his mind became unbalanced. World-Herald. J. R. Peoples Is Dead. J. R. Peoples a three year resident of South Park, passed away at his home early this morning. Last Sat urday Mr. Peoples was cutting down a prickly ash and ran a thorn into his thumb. It was hardly noticable at the time and there was no mark left from the thorn, but is thought this poisoned his hand, About four days ago he contracted blood poison and grew steadily worse until his death this morning. Jonathan 11. Peoples was born in Harrison county, Ohio, on July 13, 1S35. From Ohio he moved to Mis souri where he was engaged as a far mer nearly all his life, at one time owning a great amount of land which by various means he later lost pos session of. When quite young he married Miss Sarah E. King w ho w ith six children now survive him. About three years ago he moved here from Craig, Mo., and took up a little place in South Park where lie spent his time tending a small garden. The funeral services will be held from his former residence Saturday afternoon and the remains will be in- terred at Watson, Missouri. The ser vices in the city will be conducted by Rev. Austin of the Methodist Church. Of the nine children born six of them are still living. They are William A. Peoples, who lived at home. N. K. Peoples, a painter in tho Burlington shops. Fred R. Peoples, of Skidmore, Mo. Joseph Peoples, of Watson, Mo. E. B. Peoples of Corning, Mo. Mrs. J. C. Baughman, of Coschocton, Ohio. Tho three sons and daughters who reside in Missouri and Ohio have been telegraphed and will probably arrive in the city tomorrow. II. G. Todd.. DrOSDCroUS land nnnir of Union, started today for Calgary, Can. Besides owning considerable land in Nebraska, Mr. Todd has a large amount of land in the new wheat lu.lt. of Alberta, in tho northwest, and has gone there this spring to look aftei the interests of his property. J. M. Archer, who was formerly Burlington ticket agent at Fremont. is in town for a day or so with his father Judge Archer. Mr. Archer, on his return to Fremont, will take up a new position at the Fremont Carriage Factory.